Improvement in table-forks



CHARLES A. DURGIN,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TABLE-FORKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,5i11, dated May 8,1866.

llb all whom it may cncera:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. DURGIN, of the. city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Forks; and Ido hereby declare the tollowing to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,figures, and letters of reference thereon, making part of thisspecification.

Of the said drawings, Figure l is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 alongitudinal section.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the drawings.

In using a fork for eating various kinds of food, such as corn, beans,pease, and other articles similar to them, the particles will roll o"from the flat surface ot' the forlrtines, to the great annoyance of theuser.

My invention is designed to obviate this difficulty; and consists indepressing the middle tincs `or prongs a slightdistance below the planeofthe outside ones, so that the fork will be somewhat of a spoon shape,and thus readily hold the food.

To enable others skilled iu the art to make and use" my invention, Iwill describe the construction and operation thereof.

I construct a fork, A, by depressing in proper dies the inside tines, b,at the point c, so that they shall be, say, one-sixteenth of an'inch below the outside'tines, a., and thus form the for] in the shape ot' atrough or spoon.

The depth oi' the depression may be varied to suit the taste ofthepurchaser.

With my improved fork the various kinds of food enumerated above may beeaten without the annoyance of their continuallydropping oft', While itsform is greatlyimproved for general food.

I claim- As a new and improved article ot' manufacture, a forkconstructed as described and set forth.

CHARLES A. DURGIN.

